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It’s important that the desire felt for union and togetherness be sup-
ported by concrete measures. All believers must regard one another as
brothers in the Hereafter and see one another’s positive sides rather than

their errors. Differences are no reason for division or keeping one’s dis-
tance, and should be regarded as color, cultural diversity and beauty.
People should feel love, compassion, understanding and affection for other
people, love their brothers, and use a praise-filled and respectful language
regarding them. Muslims must always bear in mind the verse in which our
Lord says that believers are one another’s brothers:
The believers are brothers, so make peace between your brothers and have
fear [and respect] of Allah so that hopefully you will gain mercy. (Surat al-
Hujurat: 10)
All Muslims believe in the same One and Almighty Allah, strive for
His approval, mercy and Paradise alone, sincerely obey the Prophet
Muhammad (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), who was sent as a

blessing to the world, and abide by the same Book. Their common aim is for
all people to live by the moral values of the Qur’an.
What could be easier than for Muslims, who all share the same aims,
to love one another and act as one? All we need do is show the same moral
virtues of the Islamic morality, such as love, compassion, altruism, under-
standing and forgiveness to our Muslim brothers from different schools as
we do to the people around us. Let us not withhold the compassion we
must display toward people who are ignorant of Islamic moral values and
thus are unable to live by them from our believing brothers who may hold
different opinions. Let us embrace them with love and understanding, as
we do everyone else. (http://www.turkishislamicunion.com)

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